Sanitary closet.



J. J. GRAHAM.

SANITARY CLOSET.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 20, 1912.

Patented May 20,1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved Sanitarv Closet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in water closets, and particularly to closets arranged in an outhouse, and has for an object to provide an improved structure in which a vent pipe is provided and means for causing proper circulation of air. 7 I

A further object of the invention is to provide a closet with the usual seat struc ture connected with a housing in which is arranged a receptacle adapted to be inserted and removed through a door having a screened opening, the housing connected with the seat being also connected with a vent pipe whereby air may ,circulate through said screened opening and out through the vent pipe for maintaining the housing in a clean,- sanitary condition.

In carrying out the objects of the invention, an Outhouse of any kind may be used, in which is positioned a housing of any desired size.- Connected with the housing and forming preferably the upper surface thereof, is a closet seat. Extending through the closet seat is a vent pipe which communicates with the interior of the housing and which projects above the top of the outhouse so that air may freely pass from the locus ing to a point above the Outhouse. In order to cause a proper circulation of air the outhouse is provided with a door having a screened opening. The screened opening permits a free circulation of air at all times, and the door admits oi the insertion and re moval of a suitable receptacle normally positioned below the seat.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section through an outhouse and closet disclosing an. embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan-view of the closet, thevent pipe being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 2 and Specification of- Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20, 1912. Serial No. 710,672,

' by a wire mesh 9 so that the ing 2. The housing 2 is formed with a closet seat 3 which covers the top of the housing. The back-4 of the housing 2 is provided with a door 5 hinged at 6 so as to be freelyswung back and forth. The door 5 is normally held closed by a hasp 6. The

hasp 6 may be locked byany form of lock, that shown being a beveled plug 7. The

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door 5 is formed with an opening 8 covered interior of the housing is in free communication with the atmosphere, the outliouse 1 being cut away at 10 so as to permit air to freely pass through the opening 8 and also to permit the door 5 to'be swung open for inserting and removin the refuse can. A flanged cover 12 is maintained in the housing 2 so as to be applied to the can 11 just previous to its removal. "The seat 3 is formed with a'cover 13 designed to swing back and forth to cover the seat hole. The pivotal member for holding the cover 13 in position is a vent pi e 14, which extends into the housing 2 an to a point above the roof 15 of the outhouse 1.

air may freely pass through the wire mesh 9, circulate through the housing 2, and then The pipe 14 is open at both ends so that the pass out the vent pipe 14 to a point above the roof 15.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent v .1

In a device of the character described, the combination witha house formed with an opening therein, of a housing arranged in said house with the back registering with said opening, a door arranged in the back of said housing formed of such a size as to swing through the opening in said house whereby the interior of said housing is exposed, said door being formed'with an aperture therein, a screen arranged in said aperture, a seat arranged on said housing, a' re- 1 ceptacle positioned in said housing below said seat, a vent pipe arranged on one side of said seat and extending from a sition below the seat to a position above t e roof of said house whereby air may circulate In testiinony whereof I have signed Iny through the opening in the housing and said name to this specification in the presence 1 door and through said housing and from of two subscribing Witnesses.

thence outsaid vent pipe to a position above 5 the roof of said house, and a lid for said JAMES GRAHAM seat pivotally mounted on said vent pipe and Witnesses: adapted to be swung over said seet when the CHAS. E. BELL, same is not in use. J. E. FRAMPTON'. 

